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Muse Wonder, Muse Spark 1.3, and Muse Ember are now available on GCP in public preview.
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Muse Ember, Muse Spark 1.3, and Muse Wonder are now available on Google Cloud.
X now supports clipping on iOS and Android!
This feature works like the "post video" feature that credits the original author, while giving creators a new way to highlight their takes.
This one I would test for sure ๐
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SPACEXSI ๐ฅ: Grok Bot weekly limits have been reset for all users!
Besides that, overall quota consumption supposed to improve drastically.
Letโs see ๐
We've reset weekly limits for all Grok Bot users.
Enjoy!
BREAKING ๐ฅ: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 have been spotted on the AWS Bedrock Pricing page.
> Pricing: input $8 per 1M tokens, output $40 per 1M tokens.
Earlier traces pointed to version 5.5 instead of 5.2. Will it be a smaller-than-expected upgrade?
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META ๐ฅ: A new Muse Ember model from Meta is now available on the Meta Model API and Muse Code.
Muse Ember is a small, low-cost model that performs on par with Claude 5.5 Haiku.
Small testing time ๐
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Releasing Muse Ember today -- our smallest model that delivers higher intelligence per dollar than others in its class. Built for token-heavy work that agents repeat all day: tool calls, coding subtasks, routing, extraction, and long document parsing. Available today on the Meta Model API and in Muse Code.
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GOOGLE ๐ฅ: Users can now build AI apps powered by a wide range of Google Maps features, including 3D buildings, Street View, Weather, and others, with simple prompts.
Google AI Maps Studio ๐
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OpenAI is teasing Modretro Chromatic to arrive at Supply Co. on November 9.
> @modretro is the company behind Chromatic, a retro handheld console that plays Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
> At DevDay, OpenAI gave attendees a limited-edition transparent Chromatic and showcased a Codex integration for creating games.
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Seems like Google is working on "the next generation Gemini agent" for Gemini Enterprise.
This experience is currently being used in Google internally.
> "Gemini for Google - The next generation Gemini agent for enterprise"
Besides this, I am very happy to see Google working on innovative AI projects once again. According to what I have seen, Google will have a new generation of AI products for work, that are far ahead from what other labs are offering at this moment from a forward vision perspective.
Gemini reborn ๐ฆ
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OPENAI ๐ฅ: Dots can now take sign-up codes from an email to complete a 2FA auth on your behalf when prompted.
More autonomy ๐ช๐
ICYMI ๐ฅ: Mistral Studio got a big upgrade this week. Users can now build and host AI apps and improve them based on real usage.
> Connect your systems - Connectors, Knowledge, Search Index, Secrets Manager: set up once, reuse them across every project.
> Build agents, workflows and apps - Agents for reasoning, workflows for deterministic steps, apps for addressing use cases.
> Deploy with one command - Studio runs them in production, with durable execution, scaling and recovery.
> Improve from real usage - Every run leaves a trace. Turn traces into evaluations and improve the next.
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SpaceXSI is preparing to roll out / rolling out Slack integration for Grok Bot.
Users will be able to connect their bots to Slack individually and trigger them from Slack as well.
> "You can DM or @ mention X Marketer in Slack. Itโll respond with the same plugins, context, and memories it uses here."
This feature should arrive in the 1.1.0 build for macOS.
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DAILY AI BRIEF ๐ โ Nov 7
OPENAI ๐ฅ:
- Bloomberg reports OpenAI has raised $11B so far in a round valuing the company at $1.25T.
- ChatGPT Remix is rolling out to Business and Enterprise so teams can fork a colleagueโs site and keep editing it in chat.
ANTHROPIC ๐ฅ:
- Claude Code cloud sessions on Pro, Max, and Ultra now figure out dependencies, network access, and API keys on their own.
- Claude Duet can check running Claude Code sessions, approve changes, and send updates from your phone.
- Claude for iOS is testing a side-nav redesign with separate Chats, Projects, and Code tabs.
META ๐ฅ:
- Muse Spaces let users generate interactive, updatable pages from chat and pin them in the app.
- Muse and Meta AI now run specialized models with Active Memory and Active Focus from Muse Wonder.
SPACEXSI ๐ฅ:
- Grok API text watermarking turns on by default today for listed Grok 4.x models, with team opt-out in Console.
ALIBABA ๐ฅ:
- Qwen posted a โThe becoming beginsโ teaser, with Qwen4-Max, Flash, Plus, and 27B expected soon.
NOUS RESEARCH ๐ฅ:
- Nous Research released Arete-27B, a Qwen3.8-27B post-train aimed at Western values.
* Used Grok to compose this brief, cherry-picking the news and doing some post-editing.
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DAILY AI BRIEF ๐ โ Nov 6
MODEL FORECAST ๐:
- GPT-6.2 Sol, today?
- GPT-6.2 Astra, today?
- Claude Fable 5.5, soon
- Claude Mythos 5.5, never?
- Gemini 4 Carbon, soon
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (Flash), soon
- Grok 4.8, not soon???
OPENAI ๐ฅ:
- OpenAI launched GPT-6 Cyber for authorized security research on Daybreak Red, with a Cyber livestream on Nov 12.
- Cat Wu is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products after leaving Anthropic.
GOOGLE ๐ฅ:
- Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is generally available on AI Studio and the Gemini API with 15-second video and 30% lower pricing.
ANTHROPIC ๐ฅ:
- Claude Personal Finance is rolling out in beta to US Pro, Max, and Ultra users with read-only bank connections via Plaid.
- METR says Anthropicโs model progress accelerated about 1.9x since October 2025, citing internal Model 3 and Model 4.
THINKING MACHINES ๐ฅ:
- Thinking Machines released Inkling 2 Small on Tinker at 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, with open weights planned next week.
PERPLEXITY ๐ฅ:
- Perplexity Teammates are rolling out to Max subscribers on the web as proactive agents that use Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools.
META ๐ฅ:
- Muse Voice and expressive avatars are rolling out to US users, and Muse launched in Mexico.
SPACEXSI ๐ฅ:
- Cursor can now build live apps with hosting, auth, and a shareable link on paid plans with cloud agents.
- Grok Bot is testing SMS texting, with WhatsApp and Telegram integrations in early preview (via alexmichael).
COGNITION ๐ฅ:
- Cognition released Devin Review 2.0, now up to 5ร cheaper and 1.5ร faster for PR reviews.
* Used Grok to compose this brief, cherry-picking the news and doing some post-editing.
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Claude on Pro, Max and Ultra plans now can figure out your project dependencies and required API keys on its own in order to run it in the Claude Code cloud session.
Claude in the cloud ๐
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Claude for iOS is getting another layout redesign with Chats, Projects and Code being separate tabs on a side nav bar.
Other options like Dispatch or Personal Finance got moved into the profile menu.
I feel like a bottom nav was better ๐
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META ๐ฅ: Muse now has Spaces!
Users can ask Muse to generate an interactive page on a specific topic or visualize certain data.
These spaces work like interactive artifacts powered by data from sources Muse can access.
I've asked it to create a space for "testing" and got an interactive playground. I think that Meta should now find a way to make these spaces shareable; that would be big.
Testing time! ๐
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๐จ MUSE FEATURE ALERT ๐จ
Spaces are live in muse!
just tell muse what you want in chat and it'll build you a space and keep it up to date for you. pin it to your nav bar so muse always has the latest on what you're into.
here are a few of mine:
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META ๐ฅ: Muse and Meta AI apps now run on new specialized models trained with Muse Wonder.
Both Activeย Memory and Activeย Focus, introduced in Muse Wonder, are now available in Muse and Metaย AI.
The Personal Superintelligence Index is up 9%, and Active Memory Eval is up 14%.
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Upgraded the models for Muse and Meta Al, bringing Active Memory and Active Focus from Muse Wonder to everyone. In Muse, these new specialized models are 2.4x less likely to forget critical info and are 67% better at self correcting and completing everyday tasks which means less repeating yourself and fewer dead ends.
More on the models:
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ALIBABA ๐ฅ: "The becoming begins" teaser has been posted on the Qwen X account. We expect Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Flash, Qwen4-Plus, and Qwen4-27B models to arrive soon.
Waiting for Qwen4-27B the most ๐
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Testing a different kind of thing today ๐ฅ
I haven't worked with Windows in a while (10+ years). Curious to see what the Surface Ultra offers.
> The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra uses an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU built into the NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X superchip.
I am obviously checking Perplexity Computer and Hermes, powered by local models like Nemotron and others.
What else should I try to run there? ๐
I'm looking for recommendations to stress-test its performance running local workloads.
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DAILY AI BRIEF ๐ โ Nov 6
MODEL FORECAST ๐:
- GPT-6.2 Sol, today?
- GPT-6.2 Astra, today?
- Claude Fable 5.5, soon
- Claude Mythos 5.5, never?
- Gemini 4 Carbon, soon
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (Flash), soon
- Grok 4.8, not soon???
OPENAI ๐ฅ:
- OpenAI launched GPT-6 Cyber for authorized security research on Daybreak Red, with a Cyber livestream on Nov 12.
- Cat Wu is joining OpenAI to lead product management for Core Products after leaving Anthropic.
GOOGLE ๐ฅ:
- Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is generally available on AI Studio and the Gemini API with 15-second video and 30% lower pricing.
ANTHROPIC ๐ฅ:
- Claude Personal Finance is rolling out in beta to US Pro, Max, and Ultra users with read-only bank connections via Plaid.
- METR says Anthropicโs model progress accelerated about 1.9x since October 2025, citing internal Model 3 and Model 4.
THINKING MACHINES ๐ฅ:
- Thinking Machines released Inkling 2 Small on Tinker at 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, with open weights planned next week.
PERPLEXITY ๐ฅ:
- Perplexity Teammates are rolling out to Max subscribers on the web as proactive agents that use Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools.
META ๐ฅ:
- Muse Voice and expressive avatars are rolling out to US users, and Muse launched in Mexico.
SPACEXSI ๐ฅ:
- Cursor can now build live apps with hosting, auth, and a shareable link on paid plans with cloud agents.
- Grok Bot is testing SMS texting, with WhatsApp and Telegram integrations in early preview (via alexmichael).
COGNITION ๐ฅ:
- Cognition released Devin Review 2.0, now up to 5ร cheaper and 1.5ร faster for PR reviews.
* Used Grok to compose this brief, cherry-picking the news and doing some post-editing.
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DAILY AI BRIEF ๐ โ Nov 5
OPENAI ๐ฅ:
- OpenAI launched Images 2.6 with GIFs and reference images in ChatGPT and Codex, plus the Flare and Sunburst models in the API.
- GPT-6.2 Astra and Sol showed up on Google Cloud quotas, and The Information says they could ship as soon as Friday (via AiBattle_).
- OpenAI is acquiring Pierre Computer Company to build Git workflows for Codex.
- An OpenAI security pipeline using an upcoming cyber model patched 948 Linux kernel privilege-escalation bugs in one run.
MOONSHOT ๐ฅ:
- Kimi K3.1 Pro open weights are now on Hugging Face.
GOOGLE ๐ฅ:
- Antigravity v2.29 brings Voice Mode and Remote Agents for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
- Antigravity now opens Jupyter notebooks natively.
- The Gemini API computer use tool is now generally available.
- Voice Remixing for Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS is live in AI Studio and the Gemini API.
- Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash was spotted on Google Cloud (via mrfanduu).
ANTHROPIC ๐ฅ:
- Claude desktop added a /storage command to check disk use and clear old tasks and worktrees.
- Claude Code background subagents now use about 99% less usage on status updates.
META ๐ฅ:
- Conductor, a platform for local and cloud coding agents, is joining Meta.
SPACEXSI ๐ฅ:
- Native Grok Bot calling is limited to eligible US accounts dialing US numbers, with international support still on the roadmap.
- Grok Bot is testing a refer-a-friend option that earns free usage resets (via blankspeaker).
- Grok Bot is testing a Re-run button so a routine can restart from a connector card in chat (via blankspeaker).
MICROSOFT ๐ฅ:
- GitHub Copilot is now in public preview inside Xcode's built-in coding assistant.
PERPLEXITY ๐ฅ:
- Perplexity added web grounding to its Decisions API.
COGNITION ๐ฅ:
- Cognition released SWE-2 Flash, a fast coding model.
FACTORY ๐ฅ:
- HumanLayer is joining Factory.
NOUS RESEARCH ๐ฅ:
- Hermes Agent got a unified marketplace.
- The Hermes mobile app opened a waitlist.
MIDJOURNEY ๐ฅ:
- Midjourney v9 is reportedly coming before the end of the year (via koltregaskes).
RICURSIVE ๐ฅ:
- Ricursive released Ripple-65B Preview, an open-weight model built for agentic coding.
NOTION ๐ฅ:
- Notion now lets ChatGPT, Claude and other agents share one memory and skill set.
* Used Grok to compose this brief, cherry-picking the news and doing some post-editing.
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META ๐ฅ: Muse Voice and expressive avatars are rolling out for Muse users in the US.
> Voice helps users think out loud, making tasks like brainstorming, trip planning, and interview prep easier.
> Your Museโs avatar reacts as it listens and speaks, with expressions and gestures that match the conversation.
Additionally, Muse is rolling out in Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
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